shank

• lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
• a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
• the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
• cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
• cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
• the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
• a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
• hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
• The part of the leg from the knee to the foot
• Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved
• That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock
• The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms
• That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle
• A loop forming an eye to a button
• The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph
• A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it
• The body of a type
• The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel
• A wading bird with long legs
• Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round
• To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Pakistan in Balochistan

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